There are so many times that I remember Glenn, WA6JPE, watching over his friends sailing in Mexican waters and in the Pacific. One that comes to mind was with Eric and Robin (NW6X-Extra) on the Heather, a Cal 29. They had left Mexico for the Marquesas. We had been making daily contact with them on the net and then about 2 weeks out they suddenly went silent. No response for a day or two isn't of too much concern but they weren't responding as a week went into two. There had been no storm active in the area they were sailing in so our assumption was something had happened to their radio. Then suddenly about the time they were due the word was flashed back over the net. They had arrived safely and yes their radio had gone AWOL. Immediately Glenn tapped some friends on the shoulder-a new radio was purchased, boxed and airfreighted to Honolulu for transport on a yacht leaving there shortly for French Polynesia where they made contact with the Heather. Eric and Robin were back on the air.

And then there was the yacht sailing from Hono to Sitka, June 1982. He came on the air that morning looking for Glenn- a crew member was in "excruciating pain" and went on with the symptoms. Before he finished with the description Glenn had called a Doctor friend and had him on the phone patch with instructions on what to do till they could reach Sitka in several days. We heard the poor guy had kidney stones. He survived ok.

Another of Glenn's friends enroute from the Marquesas to South Pacific:

-from my log-May 2d 1983-

N6GLS JO on Susanne "main blowout" 13N 122.5W - winds 15-20 NE. J.O. and his crew member are getting into serious trouble. They are getting very tired because while one is steering the other was busy sewing sails. All his sails were old and coming apart at the seams. At this point Glenn contacted another yacht, he knew was in the area, who generously offered to loan J.O. a couple spare sails. A rendezvous was set up but shortly after this JO changed course and headed for San Diego. Here the story takes a turn for the worse - a freighter hailed him offering supplies - but when JO sailed alongside he came too close, lost control and crashed into the side of the freighter bringing down the mast and rigging and then another crash crushing the side of the boat - J.O. and his partner had to abandon his 32' Challenger at this point. They were taken aboard the freigher headed for Peru and eventually arrived safely in SD.

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And then there were a dozen or so yachts over several years that Glenn and Stan assisted in the initiation of many  "pollywogs" into the Ancient Order of the Deep as Trustworthy Shellbacks.

    Ok Stan, I'm sure you and "Glenn's Friends" remember many more--

                          Russ KA7HVA